I was in a car accident once. I forgot the most important thing one should never do and that was to follow the person who caused the accident and moved my car off the road.
When the Metro cops finally arrived, they did not have the equipment with them to test if the other driver had been drinking. I was informed that they test a driver for drunk driving only when someone has been injured.
The cop said he can only write up a report of what he could see and the fact that I moved my car makes it difficult to see who was at fault.
I did not take the case further because who would believe that someone could be stupid enough to make a U-turn in a subway. The guy was also a flat broke loser driving his girlfriend’s car. I paid the damages on my car because I had no insurance and neither did they.
Anyway I hope someone reading this will tell the story to a learner driver who might be wiser in such a situation than I was.
Here are some more pics from the internet.
Its really scary how some people drive.
Glad you were not injured gb, crazy that they only test when someones been hurt.
*hugs*
I was very annoyed when they could not test the driver for being drunk.I was lucky that no one was hurt. Luckily I had noticed him driving eratically and slowed down just before the collision.
Sjoe …dis baie skade.
R10 000 – en twee weke sonder my kar terwyl hulle dit herstel het
Thanks for the info! I have never been in an accident.
Good info. I moved my car off the road one time, too – big mistake. The cop made me feel like a criminal!
I felt embarassed for making such a stupid mistake, but I had only been driving for a short time and got a very big fright.
Here in Hawaii it is illegal to drive without auto insurance.
Only brand new cars are insured while you are still paying them off. On second hand cars it is up to the individual if they want to take out insurance.
GB most importantly you were not injured. Those crash pictures, you have to wonder what were they doing or thinking!
Really scary to think what injuries might have been incurred.